You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
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You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
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Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#2Yet another article on HN that reads as if the entirety of programming = making CRUD web apps.
I make games, it has nothing to do with the real world, I'm not solving any real world problems. I'm making a new fantasy world.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#3Yet another article on HN that reads as if the entirety of programming = making CRUD web apps. I make games, it has nothing to do with the real world, I'm not solving any real world problems. I'm making a new fantasy world.
Also, this article is extremely short and seems to mainly just be repeating a few already very well established and common ideas; as if it was put together by a marketing guy by cutting and pasting a few things. Is it just an ad for the link at the end 'webflow' ?
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#4Yet another article on HN that reads as if the entirety of programming = making CRUD web apps. I make games, it has nothing to do with the real world, I'm not solving any real world problems. I'm making a new fantasy world.
Still, in my point of view, your viewpoint and the article's one can be aligned. Strictly speaking, converting your ideas about the fantasy world into code to run the game is "solving a problem". I'd argue that any creative process can be coined as a problem-solving exercise, except for the fact that in many such cases the problem isn't tangible and the outcome isn't measurable.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#5Astrologers announced the week of the epidemic: the number of useless posts to increase traffic to your website had quadrupled.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#6Same with making burgers. You are not cooking, you are solving the problem of hunger.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#7Yet another article on HN that reads as if the entirety of programming = making CRUD web apps. I make games, it has nothing to do with the real world, I'm not solving any real world problems. I'm making a new fantasy world.
Still, in my point of view, your viewpoint and the article's one can be aligned. Strictly speaking, converting your ideas about the fantasy world into code to run the game is "solving a problem". I'd argue that any creative process can be coined as a problem-solving exercise, except for the fact that in many such cases the problem isn't tangible and the outcome isn't measurable.
I would argue that life is solving a problem of living.
I would not write a post about it.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#8Yet another article on HN that reads as if the entirety of programming = making CRUD web apps. I make games, it has nothing to do with the real world, I'm not solving any real world problems. I'm making a new fantasy world.
Still, in my point of view, your viewpoint and the article's one can be aligned. Strictly speaking, converting your ideas about the fantasy world into code to run the game is "solving a problem". I'd argue that any creative process can be coined as a problem-solving exercise, except for the fact that in many such cases the problem isn't tangible and the outcome isn't measurable.
Having watched a significant amount of the hand made hero series (the closest I’ll get to writing games) i’m more inclined to side with the grandparent on this one.
Game dev can be just hardcore programming juggling everything from euler equations to hardware performance budgeting.
Sure you can take the view this are just constraints in a problem solving exercise.
Or it’s highly skilled programming. I fall on the latter view for sure.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#9Good software is a sequence of good ideas. Deep knowledge of computer science, the tools and frameworks, and the offline side of problem domain including the market mechanics expands the surface area of possible ideas.
Re: You’re not writing code, you’re solving problems
#10Yet another article on HN that reads as if the entirety of programming = making CRUD web apps. I make games, it has nothing to do with the real world, I'm not solving any real world problems. I'm making a new fantasy world.
Still, in my point of view, your viewpoint and the article's one can be aligned. Strictly speaking, converting your ideas about the fantasy world into code to run the game is "solving a problem". I'd argue that any creative process can be coined as a problem-solving exercise, except for the fact that in many such cases the problem isn't tangible and the outcome isn't measurable.
Yeah, thats a bit of a stretch tho.. The article really emphasizes 'real world problems' .. They are clearly thinking building some kind of web-app like uber or airbnb or whatever.
Like, you could also say that I'm solving the real world problem of, 'this exact game not existing, cus these specific people would love to play it but it doesnt exist' .. But that is a super-stretch.